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Preseason Vanilla play calling

Seems like every year everyone is in agreement that we should not worry about the problems on the offense and defense during the preseason because the coordinators are "saving their stuff" for the regular season. How much of it is truth and how much is it used to make ourselves feel better about the upcoming season? Just curious to hear your thoughts...

While the majority of the play calling is vanilla I do think certain plays are called to evaluate how individual players handle specific situations. For example, how does Maze run an end around or can Robinson drop back into coverage instead of just rush.

What I've often wondered is why they don't slip in one or two players that are on the bubble to play with the first stringers in a preseason game. I would think that would give them a better evaluation on what the player can do.